funfun

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• فُنفُن

Etymology

From the root verb Proto-Yoruboid *-fũ, seem throughout Volta-Niger languages, Urhobo fuanfo, Edo fua (“to be white”), Ayere enfu, Ibibio fia, Ahwai farak, Blench suggests potentially Proto-Niger-Congo *-fu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fũ̄.fũ̄/

Verb

funfun

1. to be white

   Ara rẹ̀ ti funfun.

   Her skin has turned white.

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: funfun (“to be white”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	fú
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	fú
				Ìkòròdú	fú
				Ṣágámù	fú
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	fún, fífún
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	fẹ́n
Proto-Yoruba	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	funfun
		Èkó		Èkó	funfun
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	funfun
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	funfun
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	funfun
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	funfun
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	funfun
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	fṹ
				Atakpamɛ	fṹ
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	fṹ
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Noun

funfun

1. whiteness, white color

See also

Colors in Yoruba · àwọn àwọ̀ (layout · text)

funfun	àwọ̀ eérú	dúdú
pupa; àwọ̀ pípọ́n dòdò	àwọ̀ òrom̀bó, àwọ̀ olómi ọsàn; àwọ̀ igi, àwọ̀ ilẹ̀	àwọ̀ ìyeyè
	àwọ̀ ewé
	àwọ̀ aró rẹ́súrẹ́sú	àwọ̀ ọ̀run, àwọ̀ aró, búlúù
àwọ̀ búlúù rẹ́súrẹ́sú; àwọ̀ aró	àwọ̀ elésè àlùkò, èsè	àwọ̀ pupa rẹ́súrẹ́sú, àwọ̀ osùn

Adjective

funfun

1. white

   Fún mi l'áṣọ funfun.

   Give me the white cloth.

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: funfun (“white”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	fifu
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	fifu
				Ìkòròdú	fifu
				Ṣágámù	fifu
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	fífún
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	fífẹn
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	fúfún
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	fifun
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	fifun
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	fifun
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	funfun
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	fufu
		Èkó		Èkó	funfun
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	funfun
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	funfun
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	funfun
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	funfun
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	funfun
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú		Bùnú	funfun
		Ìjùmú		Ìjùmú	funfun
		Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	funfun
		Owé		Kabba	funfun
		Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀		Lọ́kọ́ja	hunhun
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	fũfũ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	funfun
				Tchaourou	funfun
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	funfun
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	funfun
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	funfun
				Onigbolo	fufu
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	funfun
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	fũfũ
				Atakpamɛ	fũfũ
				Boko	fũfũ
				Moretan	fũfũ
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	fũfũ
		Kura		Awotébi	fúfṹ
				Partago	fofu
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	fũfũ
		Northern Nago		Kambole	fũfũ
				Manigri	fõfũ
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.